Imo Kidnap Suspects: IWA, COSEYL, IPOB claim vindication

By Steve Oko
UMUAHIA — The Igbo Women Assembly (IWA), a retired military officer, the Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL) and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have reacted to the reported identities of five suspects arrested over the abduction of prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in Imo State, insisting that insecurity in the South-East should not be blamed solely on Igbo youths or IPOB and its Eastern Security Network (ESN).

The groups called for a comprehensive investigation into the abduction and wider criminal networks in the region, while warning against ethnic profiling and the premature attribution of criminal activities to particular gr...